[fxruby-users] No more GUI update after FXRuby app put in thebackground?

[Philippe Lang]

fxruby-users-bounces at rubyforge.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a small program that represents the GUI I use for deploying
> FXRuby applications: a small window, with a progress bar in it. 
> 
> It works fine, as long as the application is not put in the
> background. 
> Then the GUI stops being updated, even if the application is put back
> to the foreground again. 
> 
> Is there anything I can do for this?

Hi again,

I found the solution, I hope it can help someone: the trick is to call
"$app.runWhileEvents" now and then, to give a chance to fox to process
OS events... I should have remembered that before... !

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#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'fox16'

include Fox

class MyWindow < FXMainWindow
    def initialize(app, title, icon=nil, miniIcon=nil, opts=DECOR_ALL,
x=0, y=0, width=0, height=0, padLeft=0, padRight=0, padTop=0,
padBottom=0, hSpacing=4, vSpacing=4)
        super
        @bar = FXProgressBar.new(self, nil, 0,
PROGRESSBAR_PERCENTAGE|LAYOUT_FILL_X)
        @label = FXLabel.new(self, "")
    end

    def deploy
        setTotal(100)
        setProgress(0, "Step 0")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(10, "Step 1")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(20, "Step 2")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(30, "Step 3")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(40, "Step 4")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(50, "Step 5")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(60, "Step 6")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(70, "Step 7")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(80, "Step 8")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(90, "Step 9")
        sleep 1
        setProgress(100, "Step 10")
    end
    
    def setTotal(progress_total)
        @bar.total = progress_total
    end
    
    def setProgress(progress_value, progress_text)
        @bar.progress = progress_value
        @label.text = progress_text
        
        layout
        $app.runWhileEvents
    end
end

class MyApp < FXApp
    def initialize(appName="Application", vendorName="FoxDefault")
        super
        @window = MyWindow.new(self, "Deployment", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL,
0, 0, 300, 40)
    end
    
    def create
        begin
            super
            @window.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
            @window.deploy
            @window.close
        rescue Exception => e
            
        end
    end
end

# Main program
GC.disable
$app = MyApp.new()
$app.disableThreads
$app.create